Alsace/Lorraine Flashcards
Blended wines from Kaefferkopf GC can contain a max% Pinot Gris
25%
Grand Crus that permit blending (2)
Altenberg de Bergheim
Kaeperkopf
Soil of Furstenum GC (Alsace)
Limestone
Albert Mann (Wettolsheim) “Clos de la Faille” is this
Pinot Noir
marly limestone
What producer in Alsace makes “trois chateaux” bottlings (Husseren les Chateaux)
Kuentz Bas
Clos of Trimbach (Ribeauville)
Clos Ste Hune (Rosacker)
Cuvee Frederic Emile (Geisberg, Osterberg) VT, SGN
Muschelkalk soil
Weinbach bottlings (keintzheim)
Cuvée Theo
Clos des Capucins
Cuvee Colette (riesling schlossberg)
Cuvee Sainte Catherine (pinot gris schlossberg)
Cuvee Saint Catherine “L’Inédit” botrytized riesling
Quintessences de Grains Nobles: only in outstanding vintages, botrytized berries
Chasselas is known as this in Alsace
Gutedel
What is Pinot or Klevner on a bottle
White wine, blend of all pinots
What is Klevener de Heiligenstein?
Savagnin (Traminer) rosé
Must weights for Alsace VT/SGN
Riesling, Muscat VT: 244 g/l
Riesling, Muscat SGN: 276 g/l
Pinot Gris, Gewurz VT: 270 g/l
Pinot Gris, Gewurz SGN: 306 g/l
Main soil type of alsace
Gres de Vosges (pink sandstone)
Also granite, limestone schist, clay and gravel
These subzones of Alsace (2012 forward) are for Pinot Noir
Ottrott, Rodern, Saint Hippolyte
These subzones are for Sylvaner
Blienschwiller and Côtes de Barr:
This 2012 subzone is for Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
Côte de Rouffach
Vallée Noble subzone is for these grapes (Alsace)
Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Pinot Gris
(All nobles but muscat)
Val Saint Grégoire subzone is for these varieties (Alsace)
Auxerrois, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris
Scherwiller and Wolxheim are subzones for this varietal
Riesling
Bergheim subzone is for this varietal
Alsace
Gewurztraminer
Coteaux de Haut Koenigsbourg (Alsace) is a subzone for this
Riesling, Gewurztraminer
Min Abv% for VT/SGN wines in Alsace
VT Riesling/Muscat: 14.5%
SGN Riesling/Muscat: 16.4%
VT Pinot Gris/Gewurz: 16%
SGN Pinot Gris/Gewurz: 18.2%
Least planted grape in Alsace
Chasselas 78 ha
AOPs of Lorraine
Cote de Toul
Moselle
What year were Lorraine AOPs established
1988
Main white grapes of Cotes de Toul
Auxerrois
Aubin
Cotes de Toul Rouge encepagement
100% Pinot Noir
Producer of Kitterlé (GC)
Schlumberger
Trimbach Clos Ste Hune is in this GC
Rosacker
Weinbach Clos des Capucins is in this GC
Kintzheim
Mures “Clos St Landelin” is here
Riesling
Vorbourg (GC)
town of Rouffach
Zind Humbrecht’s Clos Hauserer (Riesling) is near this GC
Hengst
In Wintzenheim
Zind Humbrecht’s clos) (4)
Clos Hauserer
Clos Jebsal (Brand)
Clos st Urbain
Clos Windsbuhl
Cuvees of Lucien Albrecht (orschwir) king of cremant
Cuvee Cecile (Pinot Gris) named for daughter
Cuvee Marie (Gewurztraminer) daughter
Cuvee Henri (Riesling) named for Jean Albrecht’s grandfather henri
permitted grapes for Cremant d’Alsace
Blanc:
Riesling
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Noir
Pinot Gris
Auxerrois
Chardonnay
Rose:
100% Pinot Noir
Aging requirements for Cremant d’Alsace
Wine must spend nine months lees prior to disgorgement
12 months total aging
Year Cremant d’Alsace established
1976
Vin Gris varietals cotes de Toul
85% individual max, both required
Gamay min 10% Pinot Noir
Where is Hugel located
Riquewihr (town)
Schoenenbourg vineyard
When was Alsace Grand Cru created
1975,
Expanded in 1983
Where is Brand GC
Turckheim
Where is Zinnkopflé?
Westhalten (Haut Rhin)
Where is Hengst?
Wintzenheim (Haut Rhin)
Where is Sporen GC? (Known for Gewurztraminer)
Riquewihr
Where is Clos des Capucins (Weinbach)
Schlossberg (Kintzheim)
Where is Zind-Humbrecht Clos Hauserer?
Hengst GC
(near it)
Wintzenheim (town)
Where is Clos St Urbain?
Thann GC
Rangen
Where is Clos Windsbuhl?
Hunawihr
Clos of Zind-Humbrecht (3)
Clos Hauserer
Clos Jebsal
Clos St Urbain
Where is Kanzlerberg
Bergheim
Where is Kirchberg
Ribeauville
Where is Schlossberg (Weinbach makes a bottling)
Kientzheim
(Kayserberg Vignoble as of 2016)
Wines that can be labeled varietally in Moselle
Muller Thurgau
Pinot Gris
Klevner is this
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Blanc labeled varietally can be blended with this grape (Alsace)
Auxerrois
Sylvaner can be bottled as varietal wine in this Grand Cru
Zotzenberg
Max yield for Alsatian GC wines
55 hl/ha
Altenberg de Bergheim does NOT permit Muscat as a varietal wine: T/F?
TRUE
Hugels top wines are called:
Jubilee
(Riquewihr)
Where is Steinklotz (Alsace)
Marlenheim
This producer owns the most hectares of Grand Cru in Alsace
Schlumberger
Who produces Clos Rebberg
Marc Kreydenweiss
In this year Alsace GC were separated into 51 AOPs
2011
Wines labeled “edelzwicker” may be produced from a single variety. T/F?
True
Klevener de Heiligenstein is this
Traminer from rosé
What is Edelzwicker
just a blend of grapes
What is Gentil
50% noble varieties,
rest vinified separately
Soil of Brand?
Granite
Grand Crus known for Gewurztraminer
Zinkoepflé
Sporen
Spiegel
Marckrain
Mambourg
Kessler
Goldert
Froehn
Engelberg
GC of Alsace known for Riesling
Geisberg
Kastelberg
Winzenberg
Wineck-Schlossberg
Wiebelsberg
Sommerberg
Schoenenbourg
Schlossberg
Saering
Rosacker
Moenchberg
Kitterlé
Praelatenberg
Pfingstberg
Muenchberg
Kirchberg
Style of Rosé Cotes de Toul vs. Moselle
Cotee de Toul: Vin Gris 85% individual Max, both required, Gamay, min 10% Pinot Noir
Moselle: Principal variety 70% Pinot Noir, accessory variety Gamay
What is the varietal?
Pinot Noir, Wettolsheim
from the Barthelmé brothers, owned since 1654
This Grand cru can be for single varietal Sylvaner
Zotzenberg
What was the first Alsace Grand Cru, when was it decreed
Schlossberg, 1975, same year the Alsace Grand Cru category was decreed
Southernmost GC of Alsace
Rangen
In Thann (volcanic soil)
Cuvée Frederic Emile (Trimbach)
is a blend of these two Grand Cru vineyards
Geisberg
Osterberg
in Alsace, 100% Auxerrois may be labeled as Pinot Blanc T/F?
True, though they are NOT the same thing
How many GC vineyards in Alsace?
51
Smallest GC vineyard and largest in Alsace
3 ha (Kanzlerberg)
80 ha (Schlossberg)
Most highly regarded vintage in Alsace:
03, 04, 06 or 07?
2007
Grape of Marc d’Alsace
Gewurztraminer, 45% abv
may not be aged in wood, alambic pot still
Altenberg de Bergheim may contain 25% this grape in blends
Gewurztraminer
51st grand Cru of Alsace (2007)
Kaefferkopf
These Geographic designations in Alsace are for white wines only
Blienschwiller, Côtes de Barr, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Scherwiller, Vallée Noble, Val Saint Grégoire, Wolxheim, Coteaux du Haut Koenigsbourg, Bergheim
Why is 1945 an important year in Alsace?
marks the beginning of a divergence in French and German winemaking styles; German wines remained classically sweet, whereas Alsace producers fermented to dryness for a more powerful and food-friendly wine.
What year did Alsace achieve AOP status?
1962
Grand Cru in 1975
the driest city in France
Colmar, capital of the Haut-Rhin département
Pinot Gris was once known as this in Alsace
Tokay d’Alsace or Tokay Pinot Gris
Klevner de Heiligenstein can be bottled under these village names
Heiligenstein itself, Bourgheim, Gertwiller, Goxwiller, and Obernai.
What year did Trimbach release its first bottling of Geisberg Grand Cru?
2009
These French Regions Comprise the “grand Est” As of 2016
Alsace and Lorraine along with Champagne
Synonym for Muscat Rosé a petit grains
Muscat Ottonel
Succession of Alsace Grand Crus (51)
1975 Schlossberg
1983 (24 more vineyards)
1992 (25 more vineyards)
Kaeperkopf (2007)
Hengst (2022) Pinot Noir
Kirschberg de Barr (2022) Pinot Noir
Two new GC vineyards for Pinot Noir (2022)
Hengst
Kirschberg de Barr
In Alsace, these wines must be hand-harvested
Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir labeled by Lieu-Dit
All Alsace VT and SGN wines
Max RS Alsace
(Does not apply to Riesling labeled with Lieu-Dit or SGN, VT wines)
Riesling: 6 g/l (if the wines have been chaptalized), 9 g/l (if tartaric acid is less than 6 g/l), 12 g/l (if tartaric acid is greater than 6 g/l)
Rosé: 4 g/l
Rouge: 2 g/l
Who is the producer of Clos des Récollets?
Lucien Albrecht
Pinot Gris
Rouffach
Who is the producer of Clos Ribeaupierre
Jean Sipp
Pinot Gris
Ribeauvillé